National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Full Committee Meeting September 21 2011 September 21, 2011 1
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Full Committee Meeting
September 21 2011September 21, 2011
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NCVHS Subcommittees on Population Health and Privacy, Confidentiality and Security
Wh t iti d t h d d tWhat communities need to have and do tobecome learning systems for health
How the federal government can helpHow the federal government can help
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Geographic communities, because placematters: The place where people live hasmatters: The place where people live hasa large impact on their health and well-beingbeing.
C iti l i t l Communities as learning systems: people,actions, results, & knowledge, connected inf db k lfeedback loops
Emerging vision: getting usable data intoEmerging vision: getting usable data into the hands of communities with the
capacities to use themcapacities to use them
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Deep roots in NCVHS population health mission, vision statements, and recommendations, e.g.:
Community health assessment recommendations (1993, 1997)
Information for Health (2001) Information for Health (2001)
Shaping a Health Statistics Vision for the 21st Century (2002)
Enhanced information capacities (60th anniversary concept paper, 2010)
S d d d t t d hi ( d ti d Secondary use and data stewardship (recommendations and primer) (2007-8)
Eliminating health disparities; enabling linkagesEliminating health disparities; enabling linkages
Privacy and confidentiality recommendations
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Why now? ― Striking new solutions are emergingemerging
Health information technology is elevating the role Health information technology is elevating the roleof data in local health activities
Greater recognition of the role of the socialdeterminants
Unprecedented federal investment in communityh lth khealth work
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14 leading edge comm nit projects (11 states 14 leading-edge community projects (11 states,4 U.S. regions) using local data to drive policy,planning and change for better communityplanning, and change for better communityhealth
NCVHS workshops in Washington, D.C., inFebruary and May, 2011
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Workshop findings about leading-edge communities’ p g g gexperiences
What communities need; how the federal ;government and others can help
Opportunities in today’s environmentpp y
Knowledge gaps and questions for future exploration
Case sketches; illustrations of community experience
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1. A galvanizing health concern
2. A comprehensive understanding of health and community health
3. Trust and a collaborative culture―social capital
4. Access to data on local health and its determinants
5. Analytic capacities
6 Data display and dissemination capacities6. Data display and dissemination capacities
7. Functioning coalitions, community engagement, agreement on priorities
8. Organizational and technical support
9. Political and financial support
10. Processes and systems to translate information and priorities into action, evaluate results and modify as neededevaluate results, and modify as needed
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1. INTRODUCTION
Nature and purpose of this projectp p p j
What do we mean by community, and what is a learning system for health?
Antecedents of this project
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2. LOCAL SOLUTIONS, NATIONAL SCALE…TIPPING POINT?― Promising strategies gleaned from the community exemplars―― Promising strategies gleaned from the community exemplars―
Identifying priorities and building partnerships and collaboration Involving citizens and community groups; generating new partnerships
The key role of data
Developing data around a broad definition of health Leveraging and linking multiple data sources on health and determinants
Linking clinical and population health data
Generating local data
Innovatively displaying and disseminating data: dashboards and more
Mobilizing for information-driven action and evaluation
Town-gown partnerships to improve local health
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Building Trust g Educating community members and leaders about data use
and benefits
Involving community members in decisions about data use and more
Trust-building among organizations and agencies that are data sources
Governance fosters a sense of ownership and control
Transparency
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3. NEEDS, ISSUES AND GAPS―Common challenges; priorities for future action―
Miles to Go
Data issues More granular data across the board; better analytic capacity
Standardized community health indicators: part of the solution?
Data quality issues
Stewardship + privacy protection + citizen involvement + governance = Trust
What worries some people, what they fear, and why
Growing linkages and granularity can―and should―heighten privacy concerns
Technical solutions alone are inadequate
What is health data stewardship?
The need for standards and models
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Needed: An infrastructure for support, shared learning, and economies of scale.
Examples: Standardized set of community health indicators
Training and technical assistance to improve analytic and data management capacities
S pport and/or facilitation to strengthen local financial and h man Support and/or facilitation to strengthen local financial and human resources
Better data visualization tools and skills
Support for public health departments to take advantage of Meaningful Use criteria
Help with translating local knowledge into action
Mechanisms for sharing learning and finding out about outside resources and activitiesresources and activities
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4. ENVISIONING A FEDERAL ROLECollectively local efforts could become a powerful engine forCollectively, local efforts could become a powerful engine forpopulation health improvement on a national scale, if they hadadequate support.
The Federal government can do much to both seed and harness theenergy of community health movements.
Examples: Federal and state web-based data query systems for small
area data, easy analytics, visualization capabilities, y y , p
Broader Small Area Estimates
Standardized community health indicators; expandeddefinition of health status indicators; expanded access tothese data
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• Help with access to more granular data, including onenvironmental and resource factors.
• Better bridges between clinical and public health data systems
• Longer funding periods for successful projects; transitional• Longer funding periods for successful projects; transitionalsupport for institutionalization of promising new policies andprogram.
• More technical assistance in survey design, data collection, useof technology, development of apps, mapping/data visualization,etc.
• Use existing initiatives such as regional extension centers toprovide training, technical assistance, mentoring, and technologysolutions.
• Work with many at once to realize economies of scale.
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5. DRIVERS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CURRENTENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT
6 QUESTIONS AND KNOWLEDGE GAPS: WHAT DO WE6. QUESTIONS AND KNOWLEDGE GAPS: WHAT DO WENEED TO KNOW TO DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO?
(Some of these questions call for research, others for thought and deliberation.)
Questions about privacy, security, and trust
Questions about current local data use and limitations
Questions about community health assessment
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Attachments to the report: Environmental scan?
A t t d bibli h i l di k NCVHS Annotated bibliography, including key NCVHS reports
NAHDO recommendations
“Influences on the Population’s Health” graphic from 21st century health statistics report
NCVHS roster
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